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THIS GUIDE has been prepared to assist visitors 
to reach points of interest in the limited period 
often allotted to see Washington, and that they may 
thereby be enabled to form some just conception of 
the greatness and beauty of the Capital. 

To this end an itinerary has been arranged consecu- 
tively, in which no place of any importance is omitted, 
and none need go over the same ground a second time. 
Explanatory remarks are introduced, but they are 
confined to the rigid demands of necessity. 

It is well understood that all i^ublic places are open 
until two o'clock, that visitors are welcome and 
entitled to see all that may merit attention and ask 
questions of any employees or clerks they may meet. 

Beginning with the White House, the central 
point of social influence, we pass on to the 
State, War and Navy Department— the Ordnance 
Museum— the Signal Service Office— the Corcoran Art 
Gallery — Lafayette Square — the Department of Jus- 
tice — the Treasury Department — the Surgeon Gen- 
eral's Office and Army Medical Museum — the Interior 
Department — the General Post Office Department — 
the Pension Office— the City Hall— Office of the Dis- 
trict Commissioners- the Botanic Garden — the Capi- 



INTRODUCTION. 



tol — the U. S. Coast Survey — the Peace Monument — 
the Office of the U. S. Fish Commission— the National 
Museum — the Smithsonian Institution — the Agricul- 
tural Bureau — the Monuments — the Hotels — the Mar- 
kets — the Newspapers — the Drives — the Benevolent 
Institutions, Societies, Schools, Churches, Cemeteries, 
and Kailroads. 

With this brief synopsis of its contents this Guide 
is respectfully submitted to the public. It is be- 
lieved that its charm of brevity may suggest an ex- 
amination as to its other merits, and not only visitors 
but those "native and to the manner born" may find 
that even mere sketches can convey all that is usually 
desired by intelligent persons who have not the time 
to examine historical volumes. 

Washington is to-day merely an indication of what 
she may be in the future. With unparalleled advan- 
tages, natural and acquired, there is nothing to i)re- 
vent her from becoming, in population and iufluence, 
one of the great cities of the Union ; provided those 
in whose hands her destinies are held shall faithfully 
fulfil their trust, and her government be controlled 
by men Avho shall exercise their commission most 
worthily, those long identified with the best interests 
of the city, known and read of all men, as being hon- 
est, discreet, sober, benevolent, judicious and wise, 
high-minded and honorable. 

Her universities, seminaries and i)ublic schools re- 
taining their high degree of excellence shall equal 
the best in the laud. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Her libraries, large and ample, shall cover every 
subject that lias ever arrested the attention of man- 
kind. 

Her museums, with contributions from all ages of 
the world, all conditions of the human race, all ex- 
emplification of human skill, all development of human 
genius, shall be arrayed in accordance with the de- 
mands of science, and all subordinate to the grand 
idea of public instruction. 

Her galleries of art, rich with the treasures of the 
''masters," ancient and modern, shall inspire native 
genius, and stimulate native talent, encourage the 
study of art and thereby tend to a broader educa- 
tion, a higher culture and a keener sense of the 
beautiful. 

Her people, fully up to the demands made upon 
them by reason of their exalted privileges, shall ever 
be ready for every good work; industrious, enter- 
prising, moral and God-fearing, as we are distinctly 
assured that unless the ''Lord keepeth the city, the 
watchmen waketh, but in vain." 



WASHINGTON, D. C, 

AND SUBURBS. 



AFTER considering the question for seven years, 
Congress, on July IG, 1790, decided to locate the 
Capital on the banks of the Potomac, limiting its 
territorial extent to ten miles square, to be known as 
!^he District of Columbia, and become the permanent 
seat of government. 

Within this District a city was laid out, covering 
seven thousand one hundred and sixty-one acres. In 
this particular work the prominent men of that day 
were deeply interested, as it was natural that great 
care should be exercised when founding a Capital for 
the Nation. The plan of Washington City was finally 
adopted meeting, the approval of Washington and 
Jefferson, both of whom had given the matter nuich 
personal attention and supervision. 

The plan was unique, no other city in existence at 
that time being like it, as there is none to-day 
Washington was laid out in virgin soil ; free from any 
antecedent history whatever; free from any fabulous 
mystery like that which enshrouds the founding of 
Rome; devoid of the religious inspiration which 
marked the history of Constantinople or the towering 



WASHINGTON CITY. 



ambition which led to the creation of the capital of 
Russia. 

Other cities grow into certain conditions by virtue 
of their environments, or by the inherent influences 
of commercial and manufacturing pursuits, thereby 
gaining easily recognized peculiarities and well mer- 
ited fame ; but Washington, without any of these 
entangling alliances, has become the independent 
cosmopolitan and political capital of a free people. 

After ten years spent in preparation, Congress met, 
for the first time in this city, in November, 1800. 
Very little was done to carry out the plan adopted. 
The avenues and streets, which were provided for so 
generously that over one-half of the area of the city 
was reserved for them, remained almost in their natu- 
ral condition for many years, and though from time 
to time efforts were made to beautify the City, they 
languished, by lack of public spirit, and yielded no 
permanent results. With such fine opportunities for 
making the metropolis worthy of the Nation, and 
the neglect of them, Washington gained the title of 
"The City of magnificent distances. " 

When, however, the time came for a change, then 
came the man ; and it is an open secret that to Alex- 
ander R. Shepherd, more than to any and all others, 
is due the fact that we, of the present day and gene- 
ration, see Washington the handsomest city of the 
country, the dreams of its founders more than realized; 
and what might have been reached with patient 
care and plodding anxiety during the century was by 
active, aggressive and persistent efforts accomplised 



WASHINGTON CITY. 




VIEW FROM THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



in six years ; a marvel of American energy, and a 
grand illustration of indomitable will. 

Washington is, beyond peradventure, a beautiful 
city ; its spacious avenues and wide streets awaken 
feelings of admiration, create sensations of pleasure, 
and suggest ideas of healthf ulness ; while its cleanli- 
ness is worthy of the highest praise. To add to its 
beauty there has been given to tree and flori-culture 
an intelligent recognition ; not only do trees fringe 
every avenue and street, but the innumerable parks 
which everywhere abound, are rendered beautiful by 
their elegant array of choice flowering plants, native 
and exotic, thereby advancing the sanitary condition 
of the city, and adding to its charms as a place of resi- 



8 WASHINGTON CITY. 



deuce. It was happily located on what was deemed 
''neutral ground," free from partisan surroundings, 
free from the demands of commerce, and free from the 
din and turmoil of industrial conditions. 

The capital of a continent would naturally concen- 
trate an intelligent, cultured population, where his- 
torians, philosophers, poets, and scholars should meet 
in happy combiuation with those who, haviug filled 
the full measure of success in the varied departments 
of active life, calmly pass their time of elegant leisure 
in companionship with the leading statesmen of the 
land. That condition is the Washington of the 
present day. 

A city thus highly blessed, with such abundance of 
sunshine and fresh air with no pretentious display 
of wealth, with no shadow of depressing poverty, 
with facilities for locomotion unexcelled, give to the 
resident the quiet consolation of being a citizen of a 
great metropolis, and awakens the enthusiastic admi- 
ration of visitors. 

A drive along the ''Appian way of the Republic," 
as Pennsylvania Avenue was early called, never fails 
to elicit the warmest praise. This Avenue, 160 feet 
wide, and miles in length, is covered with the finest 
and smoothest asphalt pavement known ; and during 
the "driving hour" it is fairly alive with the most 
stylish carriages and other fashionable means of con- 
veyance. Pennsylvania avenue, with Connecticut, 
Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Massa- 
chusetts avenues, are splendid thoroughfares. On 
either side of these grand avenues are wonders of 
architectural beauty. 



THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. 




THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. 

rpHE leading Mansion is the Executive, on Penu- 
-L sylvauia Avenue fronting 16th street, and visit- 
ors calling upon the President always meet a cordial 
reception. 

The building is popularly known as the "White 
House" and merits close attention. The East Room is 
resplendent with mirrors, chandeliers, furniture and 
draperies of rare beauty ; while the adjoining rooms, 
known as the Green, Blue, and Red rooms, gratify a 
love for beautiful and appropriate adornments. In 
these rooms all Presidential levees and public recep- 
tions are held. 

The Conservatory, which is filled with rare and 
beautiful plants, rejoicing in perennial bloom and 
fragrance, is open to visitors. 



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THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. 




SOUTH FRONT. 

South of the White House the grouuds extend to 
the Potomac, including the Monument Park, and the 
lakelets of the United States Fish Commission in use 
as their propagating gardens, or hatching stations, 
where the carp are raised in large numbers and gene- 
rally distributed throughout the country. These 
grounds have been brought into a high state of beauty 
by the skill and good taste of the gardener, fountains 
and flowers in mass everywhere abound, and add to 
the charms of the spacious lawus which are inter- 
sected by the avenues included in the public drive. 
The Marine Band discourses most excellent music here 
every Saturday afternoon during the season for "open 
air concerts ;" these are very j)opular as indicated by 
the large assemblage found in attendance. 



THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. 



11 




EAST ROOM. 



The East Room wliich is eighty feet long, forty feet 
wide and twenty-two feet high has been the scene of 
many changes in its general appearances. 

The tastes of the Presidents vary, and a desire to 
gratify the public demand for novelty has caused fre- 
quent alterations, not only iu the details but in the 
general effect. Hence as the result those who are 
deemed masters of ' 'aesthetic culture" and to whom 
this matter has been confided deem the East Room as 
it now appears, the best illustration of good taste, in 
color, draperies and other adornments, and as the ex- 
penditures were liberal in the extreme it is but rea- 
sonable to suppose that this judgement is correct. 



12 STATE, WAR AND NAVY DEPOTS. 




STATE, WAR AND NAVY DEPARTMENTS. 

WEST of the Executive Mansion is that grand and 
imposing structure under whose roof the State, 
War and Navy Departments find commodious and 
elegant quarters. The Library and Diplomatic Room 
vt^ill repay a visit. The State Department has in its 
keeping the ''Original Declaration of Independence." 
The War and Navy Departments have much to in- 
terest the visitor, and Washington being the head- 
quarters of the Army and Navy, on all occasions "old 
companions in arms" meet here under the most grati- 
fying auspices. The gentlemen connected with these 
branches of the public service not only "fight their 
battles o'er again," with their legs under some hospit- 
able mahogany, but they blend so gracefully with the 



THE SIGNAL OFFICE. 



13 



social conditions of polite society, they are an import- 
ant factor in all the social events of the season, 
whether it is a President's levee, a diplomatic dinner, 
a Cabinet officers' reception, or The German of the 
Army and Navy Club. 

The Signal Office is near by, and the weather, that 
prolific source of remark, has the chief signal officer 
as its prophet. The work of this office is of great 
magnitude. Its ramifications by wire stretch over 
the whole continent. The plan by which the opinions 
of Old Probabilities has secured so much favor is very 
ingenious, and there is much here to interest visitors. 

The Heroic Statue of 
Admiral David G. Farra- 
gut, U. S. Navy, was exe- 
cuted by our distinguished 
American Sculptor, Mrs. 
Vinnie Ream Hoxie. It 
was cast from the metal of 
the propeller ''Hartford." 
It was ordered by an Act 
of Congress in 1872, and 
unveiled with imposing 
ceremonies in 1881. 

It stands in the centre 

of Farragut Square at the 

junction of Connecticut 

Avenue K and 17th 

" ^ -''"-^'''^'^^'-^'^-- Streets, N. W., ""an d__adds 

greatly to the attractiveness of that fashionable 

neighborhood. 




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THE CORCORAN ART GALLERY. 



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THE CORCORAN ART GALLERY. 

SITUATED at the corner of 17th street and Peuu- 
sylvania avenue, this building, with its rare, 
beautiful and costly contents, is a gift to the people 
from W. W. Corcoran, being one of many illustra- 
tions of his generous nature. In this matter the 
donor has acted wisely and well, having set apart, 
while he is still living, this large and valuable collec- 
tion, containing many of the finest paintings, bronzes, 
statuary and other works of art in this country, dedi- 
cating it to the best and noblest purposes, and endow- 
ing it with a million dollars. Every encouragement 
is given to educate the lovers of art, and to provide 
facilities for studying the best masters by all who 



THE JACKSON STATUE. 



15 



have any appreciable ability as art students. It is 
open on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, free— on 
Monday, Wednesday and Friday ten cents is charged 
to meet the current expenses of the institution. The 
l)uilding is in the Rennaisance style of architecture; it 
is one hundred and five feet front on Pa.Ave., and one 
hundred and twenty-five feet deep on 17th street. It is 
very attractive; there are four niches in the front 
wherein are statues of Engraving represented by Drur- 
er, Painting, by Raphael, Sculpture, by Phidias and 
Architecture, by Angelo. There are seven niches on 
the 17th street front in which are the following stat- 
ues : Titian, Reubens, Rembrant, Crawford, Canova, 
Murillo and Di Vinci. 

The Ordnance Museum on 17th street, opposite the 
War Department, will interest those who are fond of 
contemplating the means by which the destructiveness 
of war is increased. 

In Lafay- 
ette Square 
east of the 
Art Gallery, 
there is an 
e q u estrian 
statu eof 
General 
Jackson. 

The De- 
pa r t m ent 
of Justice is near by, and is the official quarters of the 
Attorney-General of the United States. 




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THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 



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THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 

NEARLY opposite is the United States Treasury, a 
magnificent structure, vast in its proportions and 
fitted up with every modern contrivance to increase 
the comforts of official life. The cash room, a centre 
of common interest, is exceedingly beautiful. The 
rooms of the Secretary, the Vaults, the Redemption 
division and the Secret Service division, are all worth 
examination. 

A few squares east of the Treasury, on 10th, he- 
low F street, is the Army Medical Museum of the 
Surgeon-General's Office. To those interested in medi- 
cal and surgical Pathology the Museum presents op- 
portunities for considering every phase of wrecked 
and diseased humanity ; the contributions of the bat- 
tle fields ^and the hospitals are here displayed. 



THE INTERIOR 



DEPARTMENT. 17 



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. 

THE Departmeut of the Interior is at the corner of 
F and 9th streets. The building is a fine specimen 
of Doric architecture. Within the walls of this noble 
structure will be found : The Patent Office, with its 
thousands of models; the General Land Office, having 
in charge everything pertaining to the Public Land 
system of the country ; the Bureau of Education, col- 
lecting all possible information bearing upon the in- 
tellect^ual training of the people, having a museum 
showing the plans and devices of all nations deemed 
valuable in the process of education ; the Indian 
Office, where the few waning rights of the Indians are 
cared for The Census office, the Commissioner of 
Railroads office, and that of the Geological Survey. 
These offices publish annual reports replete with mat- 
ter of special interest. 



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THE PENSION OFFICE. 




THE PENSION OFFICE. 



THE United States Pension office though a bureau 
of the Interior Department, is to be located 
in the great edifice on Sixth and G streets, built ex- 
pressly for this important interest. Most of the pub- 
lic buildings are of Granite and marble, but this 
building is a new departure, brick being used in its 
construction. It is ornamented in a high degree. The 
terracotta frieze, which encircles the whole edifice is 
rich in design and historically interesting, and depicts 
in a very novel and striking manner many incidents 
of the war. During the erection of this building the 
Pension Office finds lodgment at the corner of 12th and 
also 13th streets and Pennsylvania avenue. 



THE PRINTING AND GENERAL POST OFFICES. 19 

The Governmeut Priuting OflSce, corDer North Capi- 
tol and H streets, prints millioDS of public docu- 
ments annually. Every improvement in the art of 
printing is found in this complete establishment, 
the largest in the country. It is three hundred 
feet in length and one hundred and eighty feet 
in width and four stories in height. All the public 
documents authorized by Congress the Executive and 
Judicial Departments are printed here. All mod- 
ern inventions and improvements to facililate the 
rapid stereotyping, printing and binding of books are 
here in use and it is worth the attention of all inter- 
ested in ''The Art preservative of all Arts" to visit 
the office and examine it in all its various details. 

There are over one thousand persons employed in 
the different departments in the building; and the 
volmnes issued each year reach hundreds of tons in 
weight. 

The General Post-Office, corner of 7th and E streets, 
is a marble building in the Italian style of architect- 
ure. An interesting relic is here shown, being the 
original book kept by Benjamin Franklin when he 
was Postmaster-General. The Dead Letter Office has 
a rare collection of curious things, which from various 
causes have failed to reach their destination. All ar- 
ticles uncalled for are at the close of the third year 
sold at public sale, under the law authorizing such a 
sale, and these annual sales bring out the latent curi- 
osity of the 'Toodles" both male and female, to buy 
on sight, as no one knows the contents of the wrap- 
pers in which the ''dead" articles are sold. 



THE CITY HALL AND BOTANICAL GARDENS. 



The City Hall, on Judiciary Square, opposite 4^ 
street, is occupied by the Courts of the District. In 
front of it is a statue of President Lincoln. 

The office of the District Commissioners is on ^ 
street above Pennsylvania Avenue. They are ap- 
pointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. 
To those interested in municipal government the plan 
adopted by Congress is worthy of consideration. Two 
persons appointed from civil life and one from the 
Engineer Corps of the United States Army, constitute 
the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. The 
people having nothing to do in their selection, are 
happily relieved of the burden and annoyance of elec- 
tions and the effusiveness of political demagogues. 

The plan came into existence in June, 1878, and 
though it has not progressed beyond the stage of ex- 
periment, it has generally met the approval of the 
more thoughtful class in the community, and is fast 
growing in favor and doing much to solve the prob- 
lem, ''what is the best way to govern a city." 

The Botanical Garden, on Pennsylvania Avenue 
and 3rd street, has attractions peculiarly its own ; 
every rare plant known to botanists is here repre- 
sented. There is also a wilderness of beautiful and 
fragrant flowers in the conservatories. It is from these 
conservatories that Senators and Representatives are 
furnished with boquets of flowers during the sessions 
of Congress. The Bartholdi Fountain, which attracted 
such attention at the Centennial Exhibition is a very 
graceful and attractive ornament to the Garden. This 
brings us to the Capitol grounds. 



THIE O^I^ITOL. 



THE Capitol, a grand and imposing structure of 
magnificent beauty, looks down from the brow of 
the hill to which it has given a name. It is nearly 
800 feet long and 300 feet high to the apex of the 
Dome. At the eastern or principal entrance are the 
Bronze doors, eighteen feet high and nine feet wide, 
and are fairly worthy of careful study. The artist, 
with marvellous skill has exemplified the leading 
episodes in the life of the great discoverer. The first 
is the "Examination of Columbus before the Council 
of Salamanca; " the second, his ''Departure from the 
Convent ;" third, his "Audience with Isabella and 
Ferdinand;" fourth, his ''Starting from Palos on his 
first voyage;" fifth, his "Landing at San Salvador;" 
sixth, his "First interview with natives;" seventh, 
his "Triumphal entry into Barcelona;" eighth, 
"Columbus in chains" and ninth, "Columbus dying." 
Statuettes and busts of prominent men of that day 
add to the beauty and historical value of the work. 

The Rotunda, is the largest in the country. Eight 
historical paintings, which illustrate in a most graphic 
manner interesting events in the history of our coun- 
try, adorn the walls. 

Above those paintings are four alto relievos, and 
four busts, in a style of art novel, somewhat curious 
aud happily quite rare ; they also represent historical 
events. Still higher is a series of moral paintings 



THE CAPITOL. 23 



fifteen in number, representingtlie Landing of Colum- 
bus, Cortez entering the Temple of tbe Sun in Mexico, 
Pizzaro and horse in his conquest of Peru, the 
burial of De Soto in the Mississipj)! river, the rescue 
of Captain John Smith by Pocahontas in Virginia, the 
disembarkation of the Pilgrims in Massachusetts, Wil- 
liam Penn's treaty with the Indians at Philadelphia, 
Pa.; the industrial colonization of the New England 
States, General Oglethrope and the Indians in Georgia, 
the Battle of Lexington, Massachusetts; the Declara- 
tion of Independence, Philadelphia, Pa.; the surrender 
of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Va.; the death of 
Tecumseh, the American Army entering Mexico, the 
gold mines of California. These paintings com^ilete 
the circumference of the Rotunda. The ceiling of the 
Dome, nearly 200 feet above the floor, is ornamented 
with a painting sTiowing Washington surrounded by 
thirteen female figures, representing the original 
thirteen States, together with figures around the mar- 
gin representing Commerce, Agriculture, Mechanics, 
War, Arts and Sciences ; grouping portraits of Frank- 
lin, Morse, Morris and Fulton, with figures of Ceres, 
Vulcan, Mercury, and Neptune, with satisfactory 
results. 

The Statuary Hall is south of the Rotunda and is 
fast becoming peopled with the marble and bronze 
representations of men whose greatness is acknowl- 
edged, and who by the action of the States are placed 
here in accordance with the Act of Congress tbat 
"the States should send the Statues of tAvo of their 
chosen Sons to remain here permanently." The fol- 



34 



THE CAPITOL. 



lowing States have responded : Connecticut — Jona- 
than Trumbull, Roger Sherman ; Maine — William 
King; Massachusetts— John Winthrop,Samuel Adams; 
New York — George Clinton, Robert R. Livingston ; 
Pennsylvania — Robert Fulton, J. P. G. Muhlenburgh; 
Rhode Island — Roger Williams, Nathaniel Greene; 
Vermont — Ethan Allen, Jacob Collamer. 

There are other 
f(^^^^^ statues and portraits 
^^ in this Hall, those 
authorized by Con- 
gress being Abraham 
Lincoln, Edmund D. 
Baker, Senator from 
Oregon ; Alexander 
Hamilton,first Secre- 
tary of the Treasury; 
Thomas Jefferson 
andWashington; also 
busts of Lincoln 
and Kosciusko, a 
portraits of Charles 
Carroll of Carroll ton, 
Washington and Gunning Bedford of Delaware, and 
Joshua R. Giddings, and portraits in mosaic of Lincoln 
and Garfield. 

The Hall of the House of Representatives is the 
largest Legislative room in the country. The floor 
comfortably accommodates its 300 members, and the 
galleries afford ample room for about 1400 persons. 
The Hall receives light from above, through glass 




STATUE OF LIBERTY. 



THE CAPITOL. 



panels highly ornamented with paintings of the Arms 
of the States. The painting on the right of the 
Speaker's Chair is that of Washington by Vanderlyn — 
on the left, that of Lafayette, by Airey Shaffer — and 
three others: Washington at Yorktown, Va., refusing 
the request of Coruwallis for an armistice, by Brumidij* 
the tirst landing of Henry Hudson at New Amster- 
dam, and the Discovery of California, by Bierstadt. 

Paintings of Western Emigration and Lincoln and 
his Cabinet considering the proposed Emancipation 
Proclamation, adorn the staircases, and along the cor- 
ridors are the statues of Jefferson and Hancock. 

The Supreme Court Room, formerly the Senate 
Chamber, will repay a visit. It is adorned with 
busts, and in the robing room there are several fine 
paintings and portraits. 

The Senate Chamber is 115 feet long, 85 feet wide 
and 35 feet high. Its ceiling is handsomely frescoed 
and gilded, the light coming through panels of richly 
colored glass. 

The President's Room is one of the most elaborately 
ornamented rooms in the country. 

The adjoining rooms known as Marble Room, the 
Vice President's and the Reception Room, and Senate 
Postoffice should be visited, as they are all decorated 
in the most artistic and appropriate manner. 
• The paintings of the Battle of Lake Erie, and the 
storming of Chapultepec adorn the staircases, which 
are of white Italian marble. There are several paint- 
ings in the corridor, and the Rooms of the Committees 
on Foreign Relations, Military and Naval Affairs, 



26 THE CAPITOL. 



Public Lands, and Agriculture are decorated in the 
highest style of art and in keeping with the subjects 
considered by the committees. The bronze doors at 
entrance to the south, symbolize War and Peace, il- 
lustrating our national history, the Battle of Bunker 
Hill, the Battle of Monmouth, the Battle of Yorkto wu , 
an encounter between an American and a Hessian > 
the Ovation to Washington at Trenton, N. J., the 
First Inauguration of Washington as President, in 
New York, Laying the Corner-stone of the Capitol, 
and the Blessing of Peace. 

In the Pediment are grouped statuary representing 
American civilization and the waning of the native 
Indian races. 

The Congressional Library is especially interesting- 
The books, pamphlets, maps, music, engravings, &c., 
number nearly a million copies. It is peculiarly rich 
in everything pertaining in any way to America. 

The Dome is reached by about 300 steps. The view 
will repay the visitor for the labor of the ascent. 

The groups of statuary on either side of th(5 Grand 
entrance are entitled the Discovery of America, and 
the Settlement of the Country. On either side of 
the door are statues of War and Peace. In front is a 
statue of Washington, and on the west is a statue of 
Chief Justice Marshall. 

The Head-quarters of the U. S. Fish Commission are 
at 6th and B streets, s. w. This attracts many visitors. 
The new industry is receiving prompt attention. The 
plans by which fish are artificially propagated are 
very novel and awaken an interest in Ichthyology. 



THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



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THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 

THE National Museum, on B and 9th streets n. w., 
is a popular place of resort. It is the storehouse of 
all the results of the expeditions of the United States. 
The interest of visitors is increased and the educa- 
tional value of the Museum enlarged by having every 
article plainly and intelligently labelled. 

The Government exhibits at "The Centennial" in 
Philadelphia, Pa., in 1876, v^^ith the contributions of 
foreign nations which added so much to that great 
exposition, the preparations of the United States Fish 
Commission, which attracted so much attention in 
Paris, Berlin and London, add to the vast resources 
of interest and value of the immense collection. The 
fac-similes of the temples of Central America possess 
a great archeological value. 



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THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 




THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 

THE Smithsonian stands among the foremost 
institutions in the world, having for their ob- 
ject the increase and diffusion of knowledge among 
men. In marking out the line of usefulness the 
late Secretary Joseph Henry, did wisely, and his 
judgment has long since receiv^ed the approval of the 
scientific world. The style of the building renders it 
picturesque and beautiful in the extreme. The whole 
Institution is a noble monument to its founder, James 
Smithson of England. 



THE HENRY STATUE. 



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The statue of Joseph Henry, the first Secretary of 

the Smithsonian Institution, was ordered by Congress 
and erected in 1881. It was executed by Story and 
cost $15,000. It is one of the very few statues in this 
city erected to perpetuate the fact that ''peace hath 
her victories no lees renowned than war." Professor 
Henry well deserved this honor, as a patient investiga- 
tor of Electrical phenomena he was self denying and 

modest, and as the suc- 
cessful discoverer of 
the ''principle which 
proved the practicabil- 
ity of exciting magnet- 
ism through a long coil 
or at a distance, either 
to deflect a needle, or 
to magnetize soft iron," 
be stands unrivalled. 
He breathed the breath 
of life into the mag- 
netic telegraph, and 
bid it live. He was the 
discoverer of the prin- 
ciple, not an inventor, 
HENRY'S STATUE. ^c was for tbiuty-two 

years Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and 
made it what its benevolent founder intended it 
should be, an institution to increase and diffuse 
knowledge among men. He was born in Albany, N. 
Y., December 17, 1799, and died in Washington, D. C, 
May 13, 1878. 




30 THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



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THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 

THE Agricultural Department, on B and 14tli streets, 
s. w., has a museum of agricultural products, and 
its green and hot houses are worthy of a visit. This 
Bureau distributes a great quantity of seed, gratuit- 
ously every year. The statistical division collects 
the reports from all parts of the country as to the ac- 
tual state of the crops, and issues a monthly report. 
The Entomological division follows up with zeal the 
depredations of Insects and publishes statements of 
the result secured, and when the insects are too small, 
for ordinary eyesight, the Microscopist turns on his 
"lense " and gives to the world the important data he 
thus secures. The Botanist collects the herbs and 
grasses, and the Chemist analyzes the soil and makes 
experiments, the results of which are published. 



THE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING. 31 



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THE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING. 

THE Bureau of Engraving and Printing is at the 
corner of 14th and B streets, Southwest, and is 
built in the Romanesque style of architecture, is two 
hundred and thirty feet in length and one hundred 
aud thirty five feet in width. It was erected in 1880, 
and cost including machinery, presses, etc. about $700. 
000. In this building all the notes, bonds and rev- 
enue stamps are engraved and printed besides a great 
amount of other work ordered by Congress and the 
Departments. 



iv/LOisrTJi^:BisrTS. 

mHE principal Mouument and tl.e greatest is that of 
i WashingtoT^, the cap-stone of which was laid at Z 
o'clock p.m. December 6,1884. It is the highest 
shaft in the world, being 550 feet, '[he corner-ston^^ 
was laid with Masonic ceremonies July 4, 1848, in tne 
presence of a vast congregation of people and the 
hi-hest officials of the land. The oration was de iv- 
ered by Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, of Massachusetts. 
The dedication of the Monument took place Icbru- 
arv 21, 1885, with Masonic ceremonies and in the 
pi^esen^e of the President of the United States, both 
Houses of Congress and an immense throng of inter- 
ested people. The orator was Hon. Rober C. Win- 
fhrop, the same distinguished gentleman who neai-ly 
forty years before delivered the oration at the laying 
of the corner-stone. His oration was read by Hon. 
John D. Long, age having somewhat i'^i;;^^^^.^/^^ 
physical ability of the orator. Hon. J. W. Daniel, of 
Virginia, also delivered an oration. 

Visitors ascend the shaft by means of the elevator 
or by an iron staircase. At proper intervals the walls 
are faced by thin mural tablets of beautifully carved 
stones contributed by nations, States and various or- 
ganizations throughout the country. The view from 
the top well repays the visitor for making the ascent. 



34 



MONUMENTS. 



After the National monument to Washington, our 
city has many others devoted to illustrate in marble 
and bronze the heroism of men who shed lustre upon 
the history of their nation. They are mostly equestrian 
and designed to perpetuate the memory of men identi- 
fied with the war. Only one fell in sanguinary con- ' 
flict, Gen. J. B. McPherson, who was killed near At- 
lanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864. The others survived, 
lived years of elegant eape, and died free from any 
tragic conditions. 

The equestrian statue 
of Washington, in the 
Circle at Pennsylvania 
;i venue and 23rd street, 
was executed by Clark 
Mills. It was ordered by 
Congress in 1853, and cost 
550,000. It was made out 
of cannon donated by the 
Government, and repre- 
sents Washington at the 
battle of Princeton, N. 
^ J. The likeness is that of 
Houdon, which was taken 
in Washington's lifetime. 
WASHINGTON'S STATUE, It was dcdicatcd with 

Masonic ceremonies by the Grand Lodge of the Dis- 
trict of Columbia, Washington having been a Free 
Mason, as in fact, were most, if not all of the Revo- 
lutionary heroes. This is considered a most life-like 
piece of work, and commends itself as a very striking 
illustration of genius. 




MONUMEjSITS. 



35 



There is a strange fascination in the heroic death of 
a soldier, amid the diu of battle, when everything 
has a martial aspect, and when the very elements seem 
to combine with fierce passions of men in their mad- 
dening efforts to deal destruction to their fellow-men. 
Atnid some snrli soene McPherson fell. 

The e (| ues t r i a u 
statute of Gen. James 
B. McPherson at the 
junction of 15th and 
I streets, was erected 
by contributions of 
'^the Society of the 
Army of the Tennes- 
see." It was erected 
in 1876 at a cost of 
125,000. The pedestal 
was contributed by 
the government at a 
cost of.$-25,000. Of all 
the statues in this 
city this only is of one 
GEN. JAMES B. Mc PHERsoN. who gavo Ms life 

for his country, "the noblest Roman of them all." 
He fell during the siege of Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 
1864. It was by such sacrifice as this that the cost of the 
war became unparalleled. He was but one of the many 
thousands of brave men who fell in the fratracidal 
strife, until the streams of sorrow penetrated the ut- 
most boundary of our common country, and desola- 
tion had marked a path to many a household. 




36 



MONUMENTS. 



For many years the Dame and fame of General Scott 
absorbed about all the military glory of the coun- 
try. The hero of Luudy's Lane and the conqueror of 
Mexico, was to the American the bean ideal of a mili- 
tary chieftain. But his long life of inglorious ease 
was rudely broken, and for a short period he was the 
hero of the hour ; but old-fashioned fighting, like 
other fashions, had passed away and the veteran of two 
wars gently glided into a mild condition of oblivion. 

The equ strian statue of 
General Wintield Scott, at 
tbe intersection of Massa- 
chusetts and Rhode Island 
avenue, was executed by 
H. K. Brown, ordered by 
act of Congress in 1867, 
and erected in 1872. It is 
made out of cannon Gene- 
ral Scott captured in our 
war with Mexico, and 
cast by Messrs. Wood Sl 
Co., of Philadelphia. It 
cost $20,000, and weighs 
twelve thousand pounds. 
This is a favorite way 
sco.i's siAiu^ the country hasof placing 

old iron where it will do the most good. These can- 
non cracked themselves in the cause which gave re- 
nown to the warriors who controlled them. But the 
hurly-burly of the big and little wars is over and 
peace, gentle peace reigns supreme. 




SOLDI KHS HOME, 



37 




soldiers' home. 



THE Drives around the city have long been famous; 
the Heights of Arlington, Georgetown, along 
Rock Creek and the Soldiers' Home, are replete with 
rural and suburban beauty, and they fairly bristle 
with historic memories. Extending the drive up the 
Potomac, catching many picturesque views of rural 
loveliness, Cabin John Bridge is reached. This is the 
largest single arch in the world being 220 feet span, 
100 feet high and is a magnificent granite structure. 
At this point tTie Little Falls adds to the beauty of 



38 



THE GREAT FALLS. 



the scene. A few miles and the Great Falls come into 
sight; here the Potomac, divided and scattered by the 
rocky obstructions which spread themselves in bound- 
less profusion, rushes on her wild course, marking it 
with seething foam, with cascades of silvery white- 

— — -. ^-:-. ---=,s^L.^^- ,. ^- ness, and fountains 

^^ 'lashed up into sun- 

=^^ light, the radiant 

spray touched with 
iridescent hues. At 
other points in quiet 
nooks the water forms 
translucent pools 
vhere the devotees 
of Isaak Walton find 
the coveted bass and 
trout. 

At this place the 
\\ater supply enters 
THE GREAT FALLS. ^^^ acqucducts aud 

tunnels which convey it to the city, where it is 
stored in huge reservoirs for proper distribution; 
and water, fresh and pure, that great factor in the 
health comfort and prosperity of the people, is not 
only abundantly but lavishly supplied. 




LINCOLN PARK. 



39 




LINCOLN PARK is situated at the Junction of East 
Capitol and 11th streets. In the centre is the 
Emancipation group of statuary, representing Presi- 
dent Lincoln bidding a crouching slave to arise a 
freed-mao. It is by Ball, and is undoubtedly one of 
the finest works of art in the city. It is executed in 
the very best manner and represents the realization 

of the grand idea of 
the sovereignty of a 
human being. "All 
men are created equal" 
It was dedicated to 
freedom, April 14th, 
1877, the Anniversary 
of the Death of Lin- 
coln, and was paid for 
by contributions from 
freedmen and other 
lovers of liberty. The 
first five dollars was 
a contribution of Char- 
lotte M. Scott a freed- 
woman of Virginia be- 
ing her first earnings 
after she was liberated 
EMANCIPATION GROUP. by thc Emauclpation 

Act. This act attracted the attention of the civil- 
ized world and gave to the administration of Mr 
Lincoln a high degree of prominence, and all are 
now glad that America is at last the "Land of the 
free, and the home of the brave." 






^^kJ'M 



%-^M 



'tV|A.>£».,Ci.>l\ 



40 



THE LOUISE HOME. 




THE LOUISE HOME. 

LOUISE Home on Massacbnsetts aveuue and IGth 
street, giv« s all the comforts of a Christian house- 
hold to about sixty ladies whose rednced circumstan- 
ces need such an institution, and whose necesi- 
ties are so often overlooked. It was built, fur- 
nished and endowed by Mr. W. W. Corcoran and 
named in honor of his wife and daughter. It is another 
illustration of the wise, benevolent and judicious way 
in which this generous man disposes of his wealth 
dnring his lifetime. The home was opened in 1871, 
and visitors are welcome every day, except Sunday, 
after 12 o'clock. 

It is an interesting place to visit, wherein is exem- 
plified the benign influence of Christian charity in a 
a generous spirit. 



ARLINGTON. 



41 




ARLINGTON. 

ARLINGTON, formerly the home of the Coufeclei- 
ate Chieftain, General Robert E. Lee, is now the 
sileut abode of over 16000 Union soldiers who died for 
their country, and is thus rendered famous for all 
time. The grounds are in perfect accord with the main 
object for which they were dedicated. Primeval oaks 
shade the avenues which reach every point of the in- 
teresting enclosure. This is hallowed ground where 
on the 30th of May in each year, the young and old 
with solemn steps and grateful hearts place a votive 
offering of some fragrant blossom or wild flower, upon 
the graves of those who gave the full measure of de- 
votion to a cause they held most dear, and shall ever 
be held in grateful remembrance, not only by the 
country whose happiness they secured but by lovers 
9f liberty throughout the world. 



E^ESinDEIbTCES. 



WHEN the improvements were fairly inaugurated, 
and the city became almost transformed into a new 
Washington, the tastes of those identified with the 
prosperity of this goodly city displayed itself in archi- 
tecture. Earnest men and bright, intelligent and 
cultured women vied with each other as to who sbould 
do the most to beautify the city, and seemed deter- 
mined that symmetry and comfort should be exempli- 
fied in the homes of the " well to do " people of Wash- 
ington, and that the details should correspond with 
good taste and a thorough know^ledge of what consti- 
tutes a xdeasant home. In this they have been emi- 
nently successful, and if the designs adopted by those 
who have done so much to adorn the city could be 
given in this Guide, their beauty and variety would 
elicit the warmest admiration. 

One of the earliest of these beautiful abodes fronting 
Dupont Circle gained for itself the title of the Stewart 
Castle. This graceful structure was soon followed by 
those even more imposing, and on the wide and spa- 
cious avenues are to be found models of American 
homes, grand and beautiful in the extreme. 

Then other elements appeared and prominent men 
deemed a palatial residence at the Capital a most 
desirable investment, and a generous rivalry gave 
an increased zest for grand displays of elaborate 
architefcture and so the improvements increased and 



44 PRIVATE RESIDKXCKS 

broadened the views of our citizens, until every one 
looked with pride upon the efforts made to elevate 
our city to that of metropolitan granduer. 

Engravings are here given of a two of the many 
princely abodes which has given to the "West end," 
such prominence. Crossing the threshold of these 
palaces, the dreams of oriental luxury are almost 
realized. It is pleasing however to know that intel- 
ligen'^e is a factor where f.ishion seems to reign su- 
preme, and that within these spacious establish- 
ments are many considerate and benevolent women, 
whose quiet spirit give serenity to their households. 
There are others where the disappointments of ambi- 
tion are never allowed to mar the courtesy which ever 
prevails where gentle culrure performs her perfect 
work. 

The exacting conditions which rigidly control old- 
fashioned and staid communities are not largely pres- 
ent in Washington. Political changes in the nation 
work corresponding changes here, and new men come 
to the front and take t^e places of those who pass 
into political oblivion, hence there is no such thing as 
dullness, but infinite variety keeps the people ever on 
the alert seeking for some new thing. 



RIGGS & CO.'S BANK. 



45 




RIGGS & CO.'s BANKING HOUSE. 

rriHE Baukiug House of Riggs & Co., on the corner 
J- of 15th street and Pennsylvania avenue, will be 
easily recognized by our readers. Though the walls 
are dingy with age and the style of its architecture 
that of days long since gone by, yet its customers 
would be saddened to see its stern solidity swept 
away to give place to one of the »T)ore showy buildings 
of the present time. The firm is at present composed 
of: E. Francis Riggs; Chas. C. Glover ; Thomas Hyde; 
T, Laurason Riggs, and John Elliott* of New York. 



46 



THE NATIONAL METROPOLITAN BANK. 




NATIONAL METROPOLITAN BANK. 

nnHE National Metroiiolitan Bank is one of the oldest 
-L in the District, having come down by various re- 
organizations since 1814. On its roll of directors who 
have passed away are many names familiar in the his- 
tory of the country. The Officers are : John W. 
Thompson, President; William Thompson, Vice-Presi- 
dent; Geo. H. B. White, Cashier. Directors: J. H. 
Baxter, Jas. E. Fitch, W. P. S. Sanger, John W. Thomp- 
son, William Thompson, Brainard H. Warner, Henry 
A. Willard, J. Ormond Wilson, Nathaniel Wilson. 



MOUNT VERNON., 



47 




MOUNT VERNON. 

■jlTOUNT VERNON is b'eiDg restored under the care 
-"J- of the Board of Regents, composed exclusively 
of ladies, to its conditiou when in the Colonial period. 
It was deemed a fitting home for a gentleman of the 
Revolutionary era, and it needs but a little touch of 
the imagination to people this historic spot with the 
great men who founded our Republic. 

The Tomb of Washington adds to the sac redness of 
the associations that cluster around this Mecca of 
Liberty, the last resting place of one who shall be 
known and revered as the Father of his Country, 
until the^last syllable of recorded time. 



48 BUSINESS HOUSES. 



The Ellis J\/lusicy\L Emporiuj\^. 

ONE of the most complete musical establishments 
iu this country is that of the well known firm of 
John F. Ellis & Co., No. 937 Pennsylvania avenue. 

The building itself is one of the handsomest and 
best appointed Music Establishments in the United 
States, being four stories, with imposing iron front, 
and running through from Pennsylvania avenue to D 
street. The first floor, which, like ail the others is 
capacious, well lighted and airy, is devoted to sheet 
music and small musical instiuments — including au- 
tomatic instruments, such as tournaphones, aure- 
phones, organettes, organinas, harmonettes, etc. The 
stock of music is very large and complete, consisting 
of American and foreign music, standard and classic. 
On the second floor is the piano salesroom, handsomely 
decorated and stocked with a very large assortment 
of square and upright pianos and organs. Prominent 
among them, and in fact the instrument best known 
to the public is the Weber piano, an instrument which 
as regards tone, durability and appearance is among 
the foremost in the world. Messrs. Ellis & Co. con- 
trol their sale in Washington. City and the District of 
Columbia, and Alexandria and the counties of Lou- 
doun and Fauquier, Virginia. They sell also other re- 
liable pianos. The Mason &, Hamlin organ, of which 
they control the agency, is of the same relative excel- 
lence as the Weber piano. They also sell other first- 
class organs. On the third floor are kept pianos and 
organs for rent. The fourth floor is used for storage 
and as a repair shop. An elevator runs from the D 
street front to the fourth floor, and a telephone is on 
the premises. The stock and building — free and un- 
encumbered, worth over one hundred thousand dol 
lars — is the property of Mrs. John F. Ellis. The busi- 
ness is managed by Mr. Charles B. Bayly, with a 
large corps of competent and courteous assistants. 



BUSINESS HOUSES. 



49 



THE ONLY DEMOOEATIO DAILY. 
THE DAILY POST, 

THE SUNDAY POST, 

THE WEEKLY POST. 




THE POST BUILDING, 

COMBINED CIRCULATION 

LARGER THANANY OTHER 

WASHINGTON PAPER. 

BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. 



ADDRESS, 

STILSON HUTOHINS. 



50 BUSINESS HOUSES. 

Always on hand a large stock of Second-hand Type 
and Presses. 



H. L PELOUZE & SON, 

TYPE FOUNDERS. 

AND DEALERS IN 

EVEF^Y VAF^IETY OF PF^INTIJ^G M;/\TEI^IAU 
314 y\ND 316 EIGHTH ST., N. W., 

■w^^SHiiisra-Toisr, id. o. 



Outfits for Large or Small Offices Purnished at short 
notice, of the Best materials and at the lowest prices. 



BUSINESS HOUSES. 51 



Do YOU WANT THE BEST 

$1,000 Cylinder Press made, 

Buy the " C. C." 
If you want to save money 

And get a Real good Power Frees, 

Buy a Prouty. 
Do you want the best 

Job Press in the World, and one that you make 
the most money with, 

Buy the Universal. 
If you want to save money 

And get a real good Job Press, 

Buy THE Improved Rotary. 
DojYou want a good 

Mailing Machine at a very low price. 

Buy the Mustang. 
If you want to get 

A good Paper Cutter that will give entire satisfaction, 

Buy the Paragon 
If you want 
To get a good font of type either for Newspaper, Book or 
Job work, we can sell either at lowest market prices. 

IF YOU NEED ANY ARTICLE IN THE PRINTING LINE 
WE CAN FURNISH IT PROMPTLY. 

H. L. PELOUZE & SON, 

3J6 EIGHTH STREET, Washington. D. C, 



52 BUSINESS HOUSES. 

L. A. LITTLEFIELD, 

WHARFAGE, STORy\SE jApjD STEVEDORIJ\iG, 



ESTABLISHED 1872. 

CARGOES OF ALL KINDS RECEIVED, DISCHARGED 
AND SHIPPED, ALSO CARGOES DELIVERED. 

Good Outside Storage, Fairbank's Standard Scales, 
Heavy Stone Derrick, Portable Steam Hoist- 
ing Engines and Hoisting Horses, 
Always on hand. 

Wharves, Warehouses and Yards, at Easby's Point 
Foot of 26th and D Streets and N. H. Ave., N. W. 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Telephone— 405-4. P. O. Address, Littlefield's 
Wharf. 



BUSINESS HOUSES. 



53 



WOODWARD & LOTHROP, 



Silks, 


Ladies' 


Velvets, 


Hosiery, 


Dress Goods, 


Gloves, 


Linens, 


Notions, 


White Goods, 


Ribbons, 


Domestics, 


Handkerchiefs, 


Curtains, 


Umbrellas, 


Cloaks, 


1 Mens'Wear, 



Bostoij Dry Goods House. 

One Price Only. 

and 912 D Streets. 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 



54 BUSINESS HOUSES. 



M. L. I.ITTLEFIKLP.] [B. M. ELLIOTT. 

MT. VERNON 

AND 

1234, 1236 and 1238 TWELFTH STREET, n. w., 
Between IVI and N Streets. 




COUPES, LANDAUS, LANDAULETTES, PHAE- 
TONS, VICTORIAS, BUGGIES, SURREYS, &C. 

Sole Agents, for the District of Columbia and viclDity, 
for the sale of Perry's Compensating Spring 
Cart, the First Bronght to the District. 
Care will be observed in Sending out Gentle Teams in 
Charge of Sober, Careful, and Compe- 
tent Drivers. 
LITTLEFIELD & ELLIOTT, 

TELEPHONE— 77-8. 

Arrangements can be made with ns for sending 
Horses to the Country for Pasturing or boarding, as 
we have a good Farm in Montgomery County, Md., 
well adapted for the purpose. Boarding and Care of 
Horses at the Stables a specialty. 



BUSINESS HOUSES. 



55 



SI. AAT-^IE^ZN-EIE?.. 



SALES. 

We use all 
possible means 
in our power to 
effect sales of 
property that 
is placed in our 
charge, hand' 
ling a 1 1 that 
comes to us, be 
it desirable or 
un de s i rable 
high priced or 
low priced. 

Always ready 
to make flrst- 
class loans in 
the District, of 
large or smal^ 
sums where the 
securety is un- 
doubted, o n r 
charges arc 
moderate. 




WARNERS liUILDIXG. 



ESTATES MANAGED, 



RENTS. 

The business 
of renting prop- 
erty has grown 
so large that it 
can only be suc- 
cessfully trans- 
acted when well 
systematized. 

We claim to be 
thoroughly or- 
ganized, as we 
have long made 
a special feature 
of the collection 
of rents, and the 
general manage 
ment of city 
property belong 
ing to those who 
find it desirable 
to have the as- 
sistance of an 
agent. 



RENTS COLLECTED, 



MONEY LOANED. 

916 F STREET, JN, W., 

WASHINGTON, D C 



56 BUSINESS HOUSES. 



Gas Stoves 

NO ASHES! NO DUST! 

NO SMOKE! NO ODOR! 

NO LABOR! NO DANGER! 



Stoves that will cook for one person, or fifty persons, 
at once. 

A full assortment and no trouble to show them. 
THE 

WASHINGTON 
GAS LIGHT COMPANY, 

411 and 413 Tenth Street, N. W., 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 



EQUITi^BLE 



BUSINESS HOUSES. 57 

Insurance that does not take a Law Suit to Collect." 
P01.ICIES ]^0]\-FORFEITABI.E 

y\ND ip^SOJMTESTABLE. 

y\SSURy\^(3E SoeiETY, 

OF THE UNITED STATES. 

Aggregate luisin s-* for the past 2) j'ears larger than that of 
any other Company in the world. 

Kividends realized on matured tontines unequalled by any 
other Company. 

New bu.-ine.s.s in 1884, $85,000,000. ^'o disputed claims 
agiiiiist the Society. 

Ry\NSOM White, Joseph Bowes, 

CAiSlIlKl!. MANAGER FOR D, C. 

1S26 F Street, \V»shlii£;toii, D. €. 

Thomas McGill. H. L. McQueen, 

Thomas McGill & Co., 

Successors to McGill & Witherow, 

PRINTERS 

AND 

No. 1107 E Street, Nokthwest, 

Washington, D. C. 



ft^ BUSINESS HOUSES. 

^yXTM. M. POINDEXTER, 

Architect of Columbian University, 

Office:— Corner Fifteenth and G Streets, Northwest. 

Fine Residences a Specialty. 



I^ATIONAL ELECTRIC CO., 

1419 New York Avenue. 
Telephone— No. 711. 

Electric Work and Supplies of Every Description^ 
GEO. C. MAYNARD, 

General Manager. 



/COLUMBIA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

Kellogg Building, F Street. N. W. 

TRUSTEES: 

H. A. WILLARD Pres. F. B. McGuire, Vice-Pres, 

John A. Baker, Chas. C. Glover, 

Thomas J. Fisher, B.H.Warner, 

Robert I. Fleming, Geo. H. B.White, 

Wm. M. Galt, 

H. K. Willard, Sec. 



TTIRGINIA BRICK COMPANY, 

Office, 910 F Street, N. W. 

Works — Fort Runyon, Virginia, 

Best Brick in the Market. Hard aa Iron. All kinds on hand. 

TRUSTEES: 

Lewis Clefane, Pres. B. H. Warner, Vice-Pres- 

W. H. Dempsey, Sec, C. B. Pearson, Treas. 

G. W. Pearson. 



BUSINESS HOUSES. 59 



THE EVENING CRITIC, 

The Brightest and Newsiest Paper in the City. 

All the News in the Most Readable Shape. 

Served by Carriers to any place in the City at .35 

Cents a Month. Single Copies 2 Cents. 

0FFICE--5II Ninth Street, n. w. 



THE3 ia:ja.TOia::E3T 

Is The Sunday Paper of Washington. 
It Contains all the News, Telegraphic and Local. 
It contain a large amount of Original Matter, numer- 
ous and otherwise. 
It is the only Illustrated Paper at the Capital. 
It is the only Independent Paper at the Capital 
It is the only Paper at the Capital absolutely free 
from all connection with Political Rings, 
Social Cliques and Congressional 
Lobbies. 
It is sold by all news-dealers and news boys, 



Advertising Rates made known on application 
Office--5ll Ninth Street, n. w. 



60 BUSINESS HOUSES. 



*"* I -sf^* 



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Pioneer of Jv^odef^ate Prises ij^ Hy\Ts y\ND 

JVlEN'S FU FINISHINGS. 

We name in part: 

Latest Shapes and Colors in Derbies, for Spring wear, |2 
and upwards. 

Lyon's 15 quality, 27 Inch Silk Umbrella in Black, Blue, 
Brown and Green, $i. 

Plaited Shirts, (one evelet and nine plaits on each side ) ll.fiO. 

P. K. Dress Shirts, 2 G-.llars and 1 pair Cuffs, $1.75. 

P. K. Dress Shirts, Collar and Cuffs attached, $L75. 

Two-button White and Black Kid Gloves; cable sewed, $1. 

Black Hosiery, Warranted Fast Black, 3 Pairs for $1 and up- 
wards. 

Novelties in Furnishings for Spring Wear now ready. 

JULIUS F^OSENTHy\L, 
HATTER AND FURNISHER, 

'j:i2 Y STREET, X. ^' . 
J_** *_ I _ ** *_ I ** *J ** *_ I** *_ i_** *J_** *. I ** *_ 1 _ ** *_ I _ ** *_ I 

G. G. C. SIMMS, 

DEALKU IN 

FIRST-CLASS IVIEDICINES, 

AND 

FINE TOILET AETIOLES. 

Pliysiciaii8' prescriptious coiupouiided by regular 
graduates of Pharmacy aud registered Pharniacistti. 

CoK. 14th STliEET AND NeW YoRK AvE. 



Established iu 1863. 



SPECIALTY KOUMIS 



insriDEx:. 



Page . 

Agriculture, Tep't of 30 

Arlington 41 

Attorney -General 15 

Army Medical Museum 1^ 

Botanical Gardens ^'^ 

Bureau of Education ^'^ 

Bureau of Engraving and Printing — 31 

Cabin John's Bridge 37 

Capitol. The '■^l 

Chain Bridge 37 

Corcoran Gallery of Art ' f4 

Census Office 1" 

Commissioners of Railroads 17 

City Hall i^O 

City Government 20 

Congressional Library 2r> 

Columbia Fire Insurance Co 58 

District Commissioners 20 

Department of Justice 15 

Dead Letter Office 19 

Education, Bureau of 17 

Executive Mansion 'J 

Executive Mansion, South Front 10 

Executive Mansion, East Room 11 

Equitable Life Assurance Society 57 

Evening Critic 59 



62 INDEX. 



Ellis, Jno. F. & Co 48 

Equitable C, B. Association (cover.) 

Fish Commission 20 

Fairagut, Statue of 13 

Free, J. D v 

Government Printing Office 19 

General Land Office 17 

Geological Survey , ;.. 17 

General Post Office 19 

Great Falls :w 

House of Representatives 24 

Henry, Joseph, Statue of 29 

Interior, Department of 17 

Justice, Department of 15 

Jackson, General, Statue of 15 

Knight Bros iv 

Lousie Home 40 

Lincoln, Abraham, Statue of 20 

Lincoln, Abraham. Statue of 39 

Liberty, Statue of 24 

Lincoln Park 39 

Littlefield, L. A 52 

Medical Museum 16 

Mount Vernon 47 

McPherson, James B., Statue of 35 

Maynard, Geo. C.... 58 

McGill, Thomas & Co 57 

Mt. Vernon Stables 54 

Moses, W. B. & Son ii & m 

National Museum 27 

Navy Department 12 

National Metropolitan Bank 64 



INDEX. 63 



Ordnance Museum 15 

Patent Office 17 

Pension Office 17 

Post Office, General 19 

Polkinhorn, R. O. & Son in 

Pelouze, H. L. & Son 50 

Poindexter,Wm.M 58 

Representatives, House of. 24 

Riggs & Co's Bank 45 

Real Estate Title Ins. Co 04 

Rosenthal, Julius GO 

Ryneal, Geo. Jr vr 

Remington Standard Type Writer (cover.) 

Senate, U. S 25 

Signal Office 13 

Smithsonian Institution 28 

Soldiers' Home 37 

State, Department of 12 

Supreme Court of the United States '25 

Surgeon General's Office 1(5 

Scott, Gen. Winfield, Statue of 36 

Simms, G. G. C 60 

Tomb of Washington 45 

Treasury Department 16 



Virginia Brick Co 58 

War, Department of 12 

Washington, Description of 7 

Washington Monument 32 

Washington, George, Statute of 34 

Woodruff, E. W i 

Warner, B. H 55 

Washington Gas Co 56 

Woodward & Lothrop 53 

Washington Post...„ « 49 



64 BUSINESS HOUSES. 



THE 

REAL ESTATE TITLE 

INSUEANOE COMPANY, 

of the District of Columbia. 

INCORPORATED DECEMBER 6, 1881. 

CAPITAL, $200,000. 



M. AsHFORD, President. B. Beale, Secretary. 

John Ridout, Vice-Pres. E. F. Riggs, Treas. 



Issues policies of insurance aftbrdiug an absolute 
warrant}' of title to real estate either in a purchaser, 
trustee or mortgagee; also certiticates guaranteeing 
the absolute accuracy of abstracts of title, and in 
general, transacts all business relating to the investi- 
gation and transfer of titles to real estate in the Dis- 
trict of Columbia. Purchasers and investors are 
respectfully requested to call, and full information 
will be furnished as to details and methods of busi- 
ness of the Company. 



OFFICE . Giinton Building, second floor, 472 La. Ave. 



Trustees: 

M. AsHFOKD, Albert A. Wilson, 

ROB'T 0. HOLTZMAN, SaMUEL BaCON, 

Chales C. Duncanson, John Ridout, 

E. Francis Riggs, Geo. W. Pearson, 

E. G. Davis. 



BUSINESS HOUSES. 



The Renjingtoij 

STANDARD TlPE-\f RITER. 

Recent Improvements still Further Enhance the Value of this 
Incomparable Machine. 




The Government Departments at Washington, are 
now using over 300 of these Machines. The Bradstreet 
Company, Commercial Agency, and R. G. Dunn & 
Company, Commercial Agency, use about 500 Reming- 
ton Type- writers each. They are used in all the De- 
partments of the Canadian Government ; in most or all 
the Governments of the several Stares ; in the Depart- 
ments of the British and other Foreign Governments, 
and by Thousands of Business and Professional men 
everywhere. 

We rely not alone upon Assertions of Superiority, but 

upon the fact of Extensive Sales and a Eefer- 

ence to any and every user of the 

Kemington Type-Writer, 

"We have been using your Machines for the past three years, 
and would not like to conduct our extensive correspondence 
without them. 

"THE EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT CO., New York." 

Every Machine Warranted. 

WYCKOFF, SEAMANS & BENEDICT. 

Washington Office, Cor. 8th and F Streets. 




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